CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #500

DC · Series began 1937 · March 1981

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Dates

Cover date: March 1981
On sale: December 23, 1980
Pages: 84

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #500 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893046503
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Publisher’s description

500th Anniversary Issue. Starring Batman and Robin. Guest-starring the Phantom Stranger, the Elongated Man, Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

Reprinted in

DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (2021), The Best of DC (1979), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Batman in the Eighties (2004), Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (2014), Tales of the Batman: Len Wein (2014), Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert (2016), Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019), Detective Comics: Batman 80th Anniversary Giant (2019), Deadman Omnibus (2020)